Tag: seriocomedy
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Pride Month 2024 Review Batch: All of Us Strangers, Am I OK, Blue Jean, Gun Hill Road, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, In & Out, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Latter Days, L’immensità, Longtime Companion, Naz & Maalik, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Torch Song Trilogy, Victim
Happy Pride Month! Nope, didn’t forget this year, just delayed because of timing: all those buddy action-comedy flicks and 28 Pixar movies…June’s been busy because of theatrical release dates. It’s been a long time coming for this year’s batch of reviews of LGBTQ+-themed movies, so I’ll waste no further space. Let’s take a look at…
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Dad-Dominant Review Batch (Part 3): Affliction, Blood Father, Brad’s Status, Broken Lance, Ezra, Fatherhood, Great American Pastime, Infinitely Polar Bear, Old Dads, Tarzan Finds a Son, We Bought a Zoo, When Did You Last See Your Father, World’s Greatest Dad
Happy Father’s Day! Like last year (and 2020, for that matter), I’m presenting a batch of reviews for movies focused on fathers and the relationships (good or bad) they have with their children. As always, I like to ferret out a wide variety of types, so there are dads who are doin’ a heckuva job,…
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More from 2023 Review Batch: Covenant, Creator, Haunted Mansion, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Hypnotic, Machine, Paint, Polite Society, Year Between, You Hurt My Feelings
It’s October, so it’s the spooky movie season, and I got some fright flicks to watch before the end of the month. A lot of them. Which means I won’t have a lot of time to get to more recent releases from this year, and I’m already pretty far behind my mark from around the…
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Random Review Batch: All the Money in the World, Cain and Mabel, Columbus, Hail the Conquering Hero, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands, Moll Flanders, Opposite of Sex, Past Lives, Summertime
Today’s batch of random reviews includes a Burt Lancaster noir, a Preston Sturges comedy, a romance from David Lean, a different kind of romance between Clark Gable and Marion Davies, yet another different kind of romance from newcomer Celine Song, a non-romance from a different (then) first-timer called Kogonada, a very free adaptation of Daniel…
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Dad-Dominant Review Batch (Part 2): Buona Sera Mrs. Campbell, Champ, Dad, Daddy Longlegs, Eighth Grade, Flag Day, Floating Weeds, Goofy Movie, I Love My Dad, Royal Tenenbaums, Savages, Squid and the Whale, This Boy’s Life, Toni Erdmann
Happy Father’s Day to all the good dads out there. The ones who try their best, the ones who are there for their family, the ones who love their kid(s), and the ones who raise and guide them right. Like my own father. Thanks for all you’ve done, Dad! Carrying over from a Father’s Day-themed…
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Lllllllllladies Review Batch (Part 7): Bad Moms Christmas, Book Club, Bratz, Clockwatchers, Girls Trip, 8 Femmes, Ladyworld, Life of the Party, Little Women, Nun’s Story, Women in Trouble, Women Talking
Sure, sure, 80 for Brady is in theaters as we speak, but since I don’t hail from the Boston area (or, I guess, Tampa…I dunno), I’m not a fan of Tom Brady, and am not going to go pay to see that thing at the theater. (I’ve also seen the trailer a few times playing…
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Robert Altman Review Batch: Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean, Gosford Park, Images, Kansas City, Nashville, O.C. and Stiggs, Popeye, Prairie Home Companion, Secret Honor, Short Cuts, 3 Women, Vincent & Theo
The late Robert Altman had a long and varied career behind the camera, racked up seven Academy Award nominations, won an Honorary Oscar, and is an undeniable anti-Hollywood maverick and auteur. But was he a truly great director? That would depend on how one defines such an honorific. That’s because few other directors I can…